• ProletarianDictator [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    “How can it be bimodel if there’s only two modes? checkmate librul.”

    smuglord

    Conservatives will either choose to argue using some overly pedantic technicality or a vague “common sense” oversimplification depending on whichever will paint their position more favorably.

    Conservatives really believe we think there is some discreet integer number of genders 😂 When your ability to estimate your opponents is destroyed by your own low-effort “gotcha” clapbacks. Talk about getting high on your own supply.

  • spectre [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    Any way someone could make this post more educational?

    I read it as a “flawed illustration”. I’m sure there’s things left out of the allegory but idk what would be dunkable, I’m guessing there’s something I don’t know.

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      10 months ago

      assuming this is good faith.

      what color would you say this is:

      according to [this random web app](https://www.color-name.com/hex/927d0f) it is:

      “Dark Yellow”

      aka not Green and not Red.

      and it’s the predominant color in the middle section of OP’s gradient


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        Right, yeah, there’s an interesting sort of “third state” on that bimodal distribution of color.

        I think that there are more advanced ways of understanding gender than lumping all nb people into just one color of “in-betweeness”, but on a more basic level it shows that if something occurs bimodally, there is plenty of room for things to exist in between.

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      I think this tweet explains the concept pretty intuitively.

      To make it more explicit, you could record a GIF placing the two gradients: pure red (#FF0000) & pure green (#00FF00).

      Tell them that red is “man”, green is “woman”, & blue is “attack helicopter” or “dog”, then demonstrate the huge “number” of values between red & green by color-picking random spots on the canvas. Challenge them to find a spot on the canvas has even a smidgen of blue.

      Explain the perception of a gender binary by saying most colors are approximately red or approximately green, yet there is still a spectrum of in-between values impossible to succinctly enumerate.

      If they genuinely have further questions, it’ll be a good opportunity to teach. If not, they’re probably deliberately trying to misunderstand.